April 2013 | Monitor on Psychology
Vol. 44 No. 4
On the Cover: Alternative techniques
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Alternative techniques
Today’s psychologists are increasingly integrating complementary and alternative medicine techniques into their work with clients. Here’s an overview of the most popular treatments, the research on their efficacy and the ethical concerns they raise.
SCIENCE WATCH
With up to 50 percent of marriages ending in divorce, new research by psychologists is delineating the factors that make love last.
PSYCHOLOGIST PROFILE
Health psychologist Ann Webster uses relaxation response techniques and other mind-body tools to help older adults find renewed vitality.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Psychologist and anti-Apartheid activist Saths Cooper has dedicated his life to ensuring that psychology serves all of humanity, not just a powerful few.
Features
APA's latest Stress in America survey finds that health-care providers give inadequate attention to the behavioral health needs of younger Americans and people with chronic illness.
A look at the major revisions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, due out next month.
Throughout history, transgender people have been misunderstood and seldom studied. That’s beginning to change.
Thanks to APA's Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education, psychology research is helping teachers and other school staff become even more effective.
Preventing violence and psychology's role in health were among the key items discussed by APA's Council of Representatives.
The editors of the Journal of Rural Mental Health seek to expand the journal’s reach with its move to APA.
The incoming editors of Families, Systems, & Health plan to strengthen the journal’s content on how family fits in to health care.
UPFRONT
- Internship mismatch continues, as APA and APAGS continue to press for change
- APA video shows the challenges of growing up undocumented
- New video raises awareness of treatments for child victims of violence
- Participate in ‘Speak Up For Kids' in 2013
- By the numbers
- Go to China and Cuba with APA
- Psychology takes center stage at San Francisco’s Exploratorium
- Emotions are top obstacle to weight loss, poll finds
RANDOM SAMPLE
Meet a private practitioner, criminal evaluator and proud pet mom.
COLUMNS
From the CEO
Judicial Notebook
President's Column
Speaking of Education
DEPARTMENTS
American Psychological Foundation

